The Jalopy Journal
Live in D.F.W, posted yesterday to all my facebook friends to watch with link & plate #.
The "Bonneville countdown" is awesome. You are a man on a mission, and I try to do the same in my life. Personal deadlines always seem to get...
$125.
I like all the cast parts. It blurs the line between what is off the shelf and what is custom. Rather than showing off that you did something...
This is an incredible build!!! I sound like a jerk, but I would have the 3 fins line up on that fuel log to the charger. Then run the supply in...
I might look at 2+2 cars with really long doors at a yard. Like a last body style Eldorado, Chevy monte, My dad had a Lexus SC400 with a pretty...
I know they are all over the board on price, obviously race history adds a lot of value and the original engine config adds value depending on...
I got to take the controls of the Goodyear blimp as a kid in Houston.
Yea, I pretty much insist you tell the story about getting arrested in the batmobile. That is INCREDIBLY cool. :D
What happens if... My period plate has a conflict with a new plate? Can 2 cars have the same plate alpha/number combo - one new on a 2011 BMW...
That is a really slick car. As Ian said those tail lights are perfect.
I live in Addison, it is a cool place - very small North Dallas community with a ton of business but not a lot of apartments and homes. For the...
Yea, grab it... That oddball 1 of 1 convertible Z28 was up for auction a few years ago. If It sold, Ill bet it was crazy cash.
Yep, Light hail & snow in Dallas. :)
That car is awesome! Really well done...
Mazooma1 - that pictoral history of your car is very cool, I like the father son chop 1985/1986 pre and post chop pics. Very nice looking ride in...
I did about a thousand square feet of wood flooring in our house and it about killed me. They just charge so much, granted I know why now, that...
Letters are a very traditional way of communicating :-) I would do a telegraph, but western union only does money now. That guy with the coupe -...
Yea, maybe send him some pics and tell him what I am going to do with it, as well as ask him what he knew about the car? I would get a kick out...
I may get flamed for this, being a simple open ended question but here goes. I want to write a letter to a previous owner of a car I own & ask...
Cool thread! A friend, industrial engineer, gave me a bearing once from a HUGE shredder. I think they would be perfect for building english...
Thanks for all the info, Sounds like guys are getting this done. Maybe people are worried about the value of old gear, but I would think the...
Yea, that looks like a old rolls royce. Awesome attention to detail, REALLY nice job.
3m "Bristle disk's" are pretty handy, they have a bunch of little stiff fingers with some grit impregnated in, sold in grits starting at 50....
I wish a site existed with a picture of the record holder cars. I wish they would snap pics of the cars that make records. I have searched...
It seems like powder coating magnesium wheels with clear would be a pretty good idea.:rolleyes: Why am I wrong? The flash/melt/"bad thing's would...
Not to take over the thread just a quick question. Can you put clear powder coat on magnesium wheels?
I read about a 512 Ferrari many years ago that Bob Norwood did, it had quad turbo's and a supercharger. It had a common pressure box and special...
It is hard to describe, but I had a buddy who had 2 sections of flatbar under the hood around the radiator. 1 was connected to the radiator...
You made the car and that is cool!
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